User Profile missing after Sysprep.exe

[watrhous]

I had to replace a motherboard/CPU for a windows 7 machine. I used Sysprep.exe on the hard drive, booted from the new hardware and created a new profile, as is required (AFAIK) when redeploying using Sysprep.exe.

When I went to change users to log into the default/original user account I found it to be missing. The User Folder is still in place in the C: drive /Users folder, however in the user profiles it is not listed in the Control Panel/ACCOUNTS section.

I attached 2 SS. I noticed that on the second SS the properties field shows the full User Account Name but in the "TYPE" field it only has the second part of the user account name. Not sure if relevant or a flag of something happening.

Obviously I am just trying to get this account back to being recognized so that this machine can operate as it did before the MB and CPU were replaced. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks.

 

[samuria]

Welcome to the forum. When you crated the account did you login as the profile isnt created until user logs in try logging in as user it should create profile from default

 

[watrhous]

Welcome to the forum. When you crated the account did you login as the profile isnt created until user logs in try logging in as user it should create profile from default

There is no longer a user profile and therefore there is no option to log in as this user. The folder is still in the C: drive but the account for the folder disappeared during the Sysprep.exe function.

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[torchwood]

hi

excellent tutorial here, please see 2.4 re user profile setup
System Preparation Tool - Use to Customize Windows


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